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A Quick Look at Bush's Press Conference
President Will Address Social Security, Energy in Primetime April 28, 2005 -- President Bush will hold a news conference today at 8:30 p.m. ET in the East Room of the White House, his first prime-time news conference since April 13, 2004. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said the ...
Transcript: Obama Press Conference
Transcript: Obama Press Conference
cbsnews.com — March 24, 2009: The President Takes Questions From The White House Press Corps Comments Comments 2 March... 24, 2009 (CBS) Below is a transcript of President Obama's March 24, 2009, press conference, as released by the White House: PRESIDENT OBAMA: ... (more) Transcript: Obama Press Conference
Transcript: President Obama's Press Conference
Transcript: President Obama's Press Conference
washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Transcript: President Obama's Press Conference
Transcript: President Obama's Press Conference
washingtonpost.com — CQ Transcripts Wire Tuesday, March 24, 2009; 9:20 PM SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Hello, everybody.... Please have a seat. Good evening. Now, before I take questions from the correspondents, I want to give everyone who's watching ... (more) Transcript: President Obama's Press Conference
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Ari Melber: Big Questions for President Obama's Big Press Conference
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... of his first 100 days, keeping him on par with President Bush's early pace for press conferences. (Bush held pressers in February and March of 2001, though he did not tackle prime time, when far more people watch live, until May.) These events are a rare, valuable opportunity for the public to hear the President questioned directly. The press, for its part, is given the responsibility to set the agenda for important policy questions and the public interest priorities that the President should address. In that spirit, here's a checklist for the big event: ...

Pressing Questions for Prime-time
The Nation: Top Stories — It is rough out there, but President Obama appears to take it in stride. He is juggling crises, promoting a huge new budget and, to his credit, regularly making his case to the people. On Tuesday, Obama is holding the second prime time press conference of his first 100 days, keeping him on par with President Bush's early pace for press conferences. (Bush held pressers in February and March of 2001, though he did not tackle prime time, when far more people watch live, until May.) These events are a rare, valuable opportunity for the public to hear the President questioned ...

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Why Clinton didn't do prime timeBen Smith's Blog
I noted yesterday that Obama has already had half as many prime-time press conferences as Bill Clinton and George W. Bush each had in their eight years. But former Clinton speechwriter Michael Waldman, who now runs the Brennan Center for Justice, writes  that Clinton wasn't trying to ...
Accountability WatchTHE CUNNING REALIST
Obama has now held more prime-time press conferences than Bush did in his entire second term. In his first term, which included 9/11, the anthrax attacks, and two wars, Bush held a total of three prime-time press conferences. That's an average of one every two years during his presidency.